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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Dedication
Epigraph
PREFACE
Silicon Valley, Explained: The story of the past, as told by the people of the future
BOOK ONE
Among the Computer Bums
The Big Bang: Everything starts with Doug Engelbart
Ready Player One: The first T-shirt tycoon
The Time Machine: Inventing the future at Xerox PARC
Breakout: Jobs and Woz change the game
Towel Designers: Atari’s high-strung prima donnas
PARC Opens the Kimono: Good artists copy, great artists steal
3P1C F41L: It’s game over for Atari
Hello, I’m Macintosh: It sure is great to get out of that bag
Fumbling the Future: Who blew it: Xerox PARC—or Steve Jobs?
BOOK TWO
The Hacker Ethic
What Information Wants: Heroes of the computer revolution
The Whole Earth ’Lectronic Link: Welcome to the restaurant at the end of the universe
Reality Check: The new new thing—that wasn’t
From Insanely Great to Greatly Insane: General Magic mentors a generation
The Bengali Typhoon: Wired’s revolution of the month
Toy Stories: From PARC to Pixar
Jerry Garcia’s Last Words: Netscape opened at what?!
A Fish, a Barrel, and a Gun: Suck perfects the art of snark
Culture Hacking: The cyberunderground goes mainstream
BOOK THREE
Network Effects
The Check Is in the Mail: eBay’s trillion-dollar garage sale
The Shape of the Internet: A problem of great googolplexity
Free as in Beer: Two teenagers crash the music industry
The Dot Bomb: Only the cockroaches survive… and you’re one of the cockroaches
The Return of the King: iCame, iSaw, iConquered
I’m Feeling Lucky: Google cracks the code
I’m CEO… Bitch: Zuck moves to Silicon Valley to “dominate” (and does)
Purple People Eater: Apple, the company that cannibalizes itself
Twttr: Nose-ring-wearing, tattooed, neck-bearded, long-haired punk hippie misfits
To Infinity… and Beyond!: Steve Jobs in memoriam
EPILOGUE
The Endless Frontier: The future history of Silicon Valley
Cast of Characters
Photos
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Note on Sources
Mission Statement
Newsletters
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